§ Sir E. Bullusasked the President of the Board of Trade how much waste paper has been collected as salvage in the past 12 months; how this compares with the previous 12 months; and what steps he is taking to publicise and support this salvage effort.
§ Mr. DellStatistics of the amount of waste paper collected as salvage are not available. In the period June, 1967 to May, 1968, paper and board mills consumed 1,666,000 tons of waste paper compared with 1,524,000 tons in the previous 12 months, most of it collected as salvage in this country. The supply of and demand for waste paper are now being kept under regular review by the Joint Waste Paper Advisory Council. This body, which was set up following recommendations by a Working Party of the Economic Development Committee for the Paper and Board Industry, represents paper mills, merchants and local authorities.